Portable waiting-station.



No. 765,017. PATBNTED4 JULY 12, 1904. 4o. U. KRIEG, sx. PORTABLE WAITING STATION. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1904. N0 MODEL. l 3 SHEETS-BIMBI l,

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 8, 1904.

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l "-W' l A 770/?NEYS PATENTED JULY l2, 1904.

No. 765,017. PATEN'I'ED JULY 12, 1904,

C.- U. KRIEG, SB. PORTABLE WAITING STATION.

APPLICATION `FILED JAN. 8. 1904.

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N0 MODEL.

A 770/?NE YS Patented July 12, 1904.

`NITED" STATES PATENT OEEICE.

CHRISTIAN U. KRIEG,

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 765,017,

Application led January 8, 1904. Serial No. 188,268.

SR., OF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE.

PORTABLE WAITING-STATION.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN Sr.. a citizen of the United States,

U. KRIEG,

Nashville, in the county of Davidson and State of Tennessee, useful Improvement i have invented a new and n Portable Waiting- Stations, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a portable knockdown waiting-station for the use of passengers on steam or electric railroads and which may also be used as a summer-house, a telephone-station, or photographbooth, my idea being to utilize it at the same time for purposes ofadvertisements by making the walls to subserve the double purposes of a protective inclosure and bulletin-boards.

It consists in the novel construction and rangement of its various armembers designed with reference to carrying out the above objects and at the same be compactly stored time permitting it to and shipped for transportation and easily and quickly set up in place for use. Figure l is a perspective view of the eX- terior of the waiting-station set up for use. Fig. 2 1s a vertical central section taken through the open ends of the structure.

3 is a vertical the side walls which for Fig.

central section taken through m the bulletin-boards;

and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are details of separable parts of the inclosure.

In the drawings, A represents a platform or iioor, which may be of tion-such,

upon sills.

any suitable construcfor instance, as flat boards laid On this floor and in detachable relation thereto is erected the skeleton framework of the station. posts B B B B, which This consists of four at their bottom ends are detachably connected to the floor by metal brackets screwed o floor and the posts.

r bolted to both the These posts are spread apart at the bottom and converge upwardly toward each other and top by cross-bars B Bl upper ends of the posts on other cross-bars B2 and by the upper sides, the cross-bars B' to B2.

are connected at the on the outside of the two opposite sides B2 on the inside of ends of the posts on the other two being at right angles dated. July 12, 1904.

(No model.)

On the two sides of the station which are left open the corner-posts B B are braced at the top by oblique cross-braces O O on one side and O O on the other side. The skeleton frame thus formed is Jfirmly but detachably fastened together by bolts. The two opposite sides of the station, which are to be closed, have their side walls each formed of two panels D and D. The panel D, which is the larger and at the bottom, is formed by closely fitted horizontal tongue andgroove boards secured to a framework CZ rl Z2 (Z2, which fits inside and between the two adjacent corner-posts. The upper panel, D', is similarly formed of boards on a framework CZAi CZ d6 cl2. This framework fits between the upper ends of the posts and lies parallel and adjacent to the inside cross-bars which connect the tops of the posts. The object in putting these cross-bars inside the posts is to give room for the framework and sides of the upper panels. The panels D and D are screwed or bolted to the corner-posts and are separable therefrom and also from each other, and when fitted together on the corner-posts the upper and lower panelsv iit tightly together, so as to form a smooth and unbroken bulletinboard on the outside for receiving advertisements of any desired kind. On the top of the inclosure thus formed there is mounted a detachable cupola E. This is formed of a rectangular base E' E' E E, around the outer edge of which is secured downwardly-projecting iiange-strips c c e e, which overhang and cover the joint formed with the main inclosure below. On the base-frame E of the cupola is detachably arranged a ceiling E2, of one or more boards, which ceiling has a hole 7b through the center for ventilation. On the base-frame is also erected a series of curved rafter-ribs E3,which are connected to the baseframe by right-angular bracket-arms d. At the top these ribs converge and are firmly united to a combined ventilator and finial. This consists of a square crown-plate F, having holes through it communicating with the space below and having a flange f on its upper surface over which is seated a square pyramidal inclosure F, sui-mounted by an overhangl ing cap F2 and a pointed top F2,which may be IOO finished as a inial, as shown, or which may bear a iiagpole, a lightning-rod, or weather-vane.

he space within the 'pyramidal inclosure F has outletsf at the top, which open beneath the overlianging cap, and thus give egress to the heated or foul air without allowing the rain or snow to enter. Centrally from the top or iinial F3 a long rod f3 projects downwardly through a hole in the crown-plateF and serves to irmly hold the iinial and ventilator from being' blown 01T. Over the curved rib-rafters 1s spread a roof-covering G, of painted canvas or sheet metal. rIlie detachable character ot' the rib-rafters permits them to be shipped in the knoclidown form and the roof-cover ing is to be applied at the place where the house is erected.

ver the two open sides ofthe station-liouse are disposed detachable shed projections H, shown detached in Fig. 6,) which consist of a framework composed of end pieces t, horizontal slats if, an ornamental eaves-board 72,3, and a covering ai, ot canvas or tin. Along the upper edge of the eaves-board is formed a valley-gutter, from which a down-spout I leads to the ground. The upper edges t (t of the panels D are cut away with a curve to correspond with the curve of the shed projec'tions, and the edges of the roof-covering ot' these shed projections are provided with flexible flaps a a', which overlap the edges a a of the panels to malte a tight joint.

he interior of the station-house is to be fitted up with settees or tables or whatever is desired, according to the use to which the structure is to be put.

In the drawings I have shown the stationhouse with its two ends open; but I may also construct it for winter use with only one end open. I

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is`

l. A portable lwaiting-station, comprising four corner-posts converging' inwardly at the top, cross-bars connecting the tops oi the same, a pair of diagonal braces arranged on two opposite sides oi the posts near the top, detachable slied-sections overlianging these sides, each made of two detachable panels having each on the inside a separate framework iitting between the corner-posts, and a detachable cupola having a depending fiange covering and extending' down over the upper edges of the slied-sections and upper side described.

2. A portablev waiting-station, comprising four corner-posts converging inwardly at the top and connected at the top by two opposite cross-bars arranged inside the posts and 'also on the other two sides by two crossbars arranged outside the posts, side panels made separately and formed with separate frames lying between the corner-posts, the frames of the upper panels being parallel to and just outside oi' the inner cross-bars at the tops ot' the posts, and a cupola covering the same substantially as described and for the purpose set forth.

` 3. A portable waiting-station, comprising a subjacent house inclosure and a cupola covering the same consisting of a rectangular base having a downwardlyflange, upwardly-converging ribs, a crownplate mounted centrally the crown-plate to and a sheet-rooting from the iinial through lock the same together, extending' over the ribs substantially as and for the purpose described.

4. A portable waiting-station, comprising a walled inclosure having' one or more open ends with cut-away edges at the top, and a detachable shed-section consisting of end frames, slats, and an eaves-board with iooi'-coveriiig, valley-gutter, and down-spout, said shed-section being fitted between two side walls of the inclosure and extending over its open end substantially as and for the purpose described.

CHRISTIAN U. KRIEG, SR. Vitnesses:

TYLER CALHOUN, l MAMIE C. KEAN.

panels, substantially as and for the purpose 

